For questions about "The Addams Family" and all their related media. They are a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The family has been the subject of numerous adaptations in various media, including a popular 1964 television show.
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Why is Wednesday Addams named ... Wednesday?
Her mother's name being Morticia, it strikes me odd that her daughter would be named after a day of the week.
Am I missing something?
What is the reasoning behind that character being named Wednesday?
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Addams family: any indication that Gomez, his wife and kids are supernatural?
There are cousin Itt and the disembodied hand Thing (I had to look this up, easy to confuse), and they are not human although perhaps human variants or derived from humans. But Gomez, his wife, and kids less clear. Uncle Fester seems to have limited…
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What is Cousin Itt in The Addams Family?
Is Itt human under all that hair, or is the hair itself a living kind of entity similar to Thing?
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What was the location of The Addams Family in various versions?
Are there any indications of the location of the Addams Family's house in the magazine, cartoons, various movies and tv shows, etc?
The only clue I remember is that in the (1965) TV show Gomez and Morticia mention governments which ruled the region…
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How did 'Thing' change locations in The Addams Family (TV series)?
In the TV series Thing was a disembodied hand, that moved from one box or container to another. According to Wikipedia "Thing apparently has the ability to teleport from container to container, almost instantly". There is no reference given for the…
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What are the Addams family?
Honestly, there are too many questions I have about The Addams Family, as people and a series/franchise that may be hard to answer. Granted, with decades of history and various interpretations and versions, it could be a lot to guess at... and…
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How can Wednesday cut her brother's arm and nothing happened?
In the movie The Addams Family, Wednesday cut off her brother Pugsley's arm, but it doesn't seem like it had any lasting consequences.
Is there any official explanation about how the arm got reattached?
They did many other things too that don't…
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